The Gold-bug
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Edgar Allan Poe
New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University, with appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Department of Economics. He has also held a visiting professorship at MIT’s Media Lab. He has appeared on CNN and CNBC, and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.
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Reviews for The Gold-bug
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Short story. A man decodes a cryptographed message. According to Wikipedia, Poe played a role in popularizing cryptography.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I thought this story was good, but I wanted more from it. The resolution didn't do enough for me. It needed more weirdness and intrigue.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I usually enjoy Poe, but this short story left me feeling empty. I felt that time had been wasted on nonsense. Nelson DeMille explores the Captain Kidd lost treasure, and does a better job than Poe. Both works gush with silly formulas and codes for finding the treasure. Poe uses hoity-toity language for one character and poor slave vernacular for another character. Then the story ends abruptly.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This edition includes the stories, "The Sphinx" and "William Wilson," in addition to "The Gold Bug." Each story had an interesting ending, but I had a tough time getting into the rhythm of each one. I wonder if it's a matter of "practicing" reading Poe.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s Poe need I say more? This was the most popular of his work during his lifetime and it’s a brilliant little piece of literature! I have read everything Poe has ever written and I’m never disappointed
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is a novella about an estranged man living on an island off the coast of Charleston, Souh Carolina, who discovers a mysterious golden bug with the outline of a skull on its back. He subsequently finds a map with the bug on it, which leads him to buried pirate treasure. This was a trivial story that wasn't worth the time spent reading it.